Nine Alexandrias /
A collection of poems by Bosnian poet Semezdin Mehmedinović which chronicles his cross-country journey by train in post-September 11 America
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Bosnian |
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San Francisco :
City Lights Books,
[2003], ©2003
San Francisco : c2003 San Francisco : ©2003 San Francisco : [2003] |
| Series: | Pocket poets series ;
no. 56 Pocket poets series ; #56 Pocket poets series ; no. 56 Pocket poets series no. 56 |
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| Summary: | A collection of poems by Bosnian poet Semezdin Mehmedinović which chronicles his cross-country journey by train in post-September 11 America A collection of poems by Bosnian poet Semezdin Mehmedinović which chronicles his cross-country journey by train in post-September 11 America Translated from the Bosnian with an introduction by Ammiel Alcalay Following his depiction of Bosnia under siege in the much celebrated "Sarajevo Blues," Semezdin Mehmedinovic4 now explores the vast space of his new continent. Mostly written in response to a cross-country journey by train in post 9-11 America, Mehmedinovic4's "Nine Alexandrias" provides a poetry of witness and testimony of a very different order. In this nightmarish and exhilarating odyssey, Mehmedinovic4's political acuity is displayed everywhere but barely pronounced. In Washington, D.C., his new home, the graphic and tactile affirmation of life amidst horror depicted so masterfully in "Sarajevo Blues," turns into an eerie silence that permeates both the expanse of the land and the heart of the American empire Praise for Semezdin Mehmedinovic4's Sarajevo Blues: Semezdin Mehmedinovic4 was born in Tuzla, Bosnia in 1960 and is the author of five books. Mehmedinovic4 -arrived in the U.S. as a political refugee in 1996, and he is currently living in Alexandria, Virginia "A memorable literary achievement." -- "Library Journal" "In poems, micro-essays, and prose vignettes, Semezdin Mehmedinovic4 charts the collapse of a world with clear-eyed passion for the truth that one finds in the young Hemingway, the Hemingway of" In Our Time."" -- Paul Auster ""Sarajevo Blues" is widely considered here to be the best piece of writing to emerge from the besieged capital since Bosnia's war erupted in April 1992." -- "The Washington Post" |
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| Item Description: | Includes index This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 61 p. : ill. ; 16 cm xiv, 61 p. ; 16 cm xiv, 61 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm xiv, 61 pages ; 16 cm |
| ISBN: | 0872864235 (alk. paper) 0872864235 9780872864238 (pbk.) 9780872864238 |